Astronomers discovered the 1st planet orbiting a sunlike star in 1995. Here is a comparison showing…
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Dwarf planet Ceres might have been a muddy ocean world
Here’s a view of dwarf planet Ceres in false color. This view makes it easy to…
Puffy exoplanet WASP-107 b has an asymmetric atmosphere
Artist’s illustration of WASP-107 b, with its asymmetric atmosphere, as it transits (passes in front of)…
A striped ‘zebra rock’ on Mars and a new Mars face
View larger. | Enhanced image of the ‘zebra rock’ on Mars. NASA’s Perseverance rover took this…
Are the Andromeda and Milky Way galaxies already merging?
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Jeremy Likness in Newport, Oregon, captured this telescopic view of…
Barnard’s star has at least 1 planet … and maybe more
Discovery of the 1st known exoplanet orbiting Barnard’s star. Video via ESO. Barnard’s star is the…
Wow! Another one! Big new sungrazer comet could get SUPER-bright
There’s a brand new comet in the sky! No, not Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. Like the…
Hera mission scheduled to launch October 7
In this artist’s concept, the Hera mission scans the impact crater that DART leaves behind. Image…
A lost ocean? Lava under Olympus Mons?
View larger. | Mars gravity map showing dense gravitational structures below the red planet’s surface in…
Did Webb find the missing link to first stars?
The newly-discovered weird galaxy – GS-NDG-9422 – appears as a faint blur in this James Webb…